Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/FxoNSo Responses to Disasters and Climate Change Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience By: Michele Companion Publisher: CRC Press Print ISBN: 9781498760966, 1498760961 eText ISBN: 9781315315911, 1315315912 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2017 Format: PDF Available from $ 52.00 USD SKU 9781315315911R90 As the global climate shifts, communities are faced with a myriad of mitigation and adaptation challenges. These highlight the political, cultural, economic, social, and physical vulnerability of social groups, communities, families, and individuals. They also foster resilience and creative responses. Research in hazard management, humanitarian response, food security programming, and other areas seeks to identify and understand factors that create vulnerability and strategies that enhance resilience at all levels of social organization. This book uses case studies from around the globe to demonstrate ways that communities have fostered resilience to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
